Chess

(Courtesy of Board Game Geek)

Chess is a great game, judging by its popularity over the centuries. It has the capability of bringing people together from any age groups, any nationality and any backgrounds. And no one can claim that he/she's best!

Chess rules are so simple and they can be found all over the net, so I won't want to waste time here explaining here. It is played with 16 chessmen on each side of a 8x8 board. Although it is stated "strictly for 2 players only", chess players find this rule too boring, so throughout the years, they created a variety of variants for chess. Double chess is equally nice and 4-player-chess is a creative idea.

It is played so widely across the world that it is said to be the only board game that is able to conquer the world.

However, chess has only one setback. It sometimes can be a bit too mundane and it is a lousy way to create new friendships. In other words, it is not an interactive game.